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New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Author:
Ella Dershowitz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Down : Playful suffix for "best"
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Ella Dershowitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {KQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Dershowitz. Wednesday freshness: 96%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/14/24 ( No. 27,126 )
Across
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Confidence : APLOMB
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In the same quantity : ASMUCH
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Snake on a limb : TREEBOA
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Bubbles on a beach : SEAFOAM
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Members of the genus Vespa : HORNETS
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"Answer the simple question!" : YESORNO
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Genre associated with guyliner and black nail polish : EMO
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Sword go-withs : SHIELDS
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Word with sock or duck : ODD
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Oklahoma's ___ Air Force Base : VANCE
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Alma mater for Martin Scorsese and Lady Gaga, in brief : NYU
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Word used when making a choice, maybe : EENIE
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Where the five most widely practiced religions originated : ASIA
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"I can help!" : USEME
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Controls : MANS
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Comforting touch : PAT
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French holy title: Abbr. : STE
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Valentine's Day exchanges … or what this puzzle's shaded areas are? : LOVELETTERS
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Witch : CRONE
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Actress Wong : ALI
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Achievements for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elton John, colloquially : EGOTS
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Yammered : JAWED
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Like the blue side, in brief : DEM
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Audacity : NERVE
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___ training (requirement for H.S. graduation in most states) : CPR
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"Have you heard back yet?" : ANYNEWS
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Did a marathon, say : RAN
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Puddle producer : RAIN
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21, say : OFAGE
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Bench press muscles, informally : PECS
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Connected, as a bathroom : ENSUITE
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Used a little of, as someone else's speaking time : ATEINTO
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Role in a game of Taboo : GUESSER
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Final watcher? : PROCTOR
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Dog tag wearers, in brief : GIS
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Sister channel of QVC : HSN
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Part of GPS: Abbr. : SYS
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Hosp. locales : ORS
Down
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Chamomile and cedarwood, for two : AROMAS
2
Popular Italian beer : PERONI
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___ Cariou, Broadway's original Sweeney Todd : LEN
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Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone : OBESE
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Fan of the flame? : MOTH
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Sink components : BASINS
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___ seeker : ASYLUM
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Pit, e.g. : SEED
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Fancy billiards shot : MASSE
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Sci-fi sky sighting : UFO
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Popular Mexican beer : CORONA
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Submit : HANDIN
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Resource for service members, colloquially : THEVA
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Styles : MODES
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Potato part : EYE
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"Scarface" : CAPONE
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Come into view : EMERGE
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Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
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Playful suffix for "best" : EST
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Vegan salon brand : AVEDA
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High schoolers, typically : TEENS
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Walk-ups, often : LOWRISES
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Feathery perennial : LADYFERN
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Kagan on the Court : ELENA
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Intervals : TIMEGAPS
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Italian city known for its limoncello : SORRENTO
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Allison Janney's role on "The West Wing" : CJCREGG
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Easter Island : RAPANUI
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Serial performer : TVACTOR
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Self-driving cars have lots of these : SENSORS
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Post-its, e.g. : NOTES
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"Glad you noticed our hard work" : WETRY
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Some Greek letters : NUS
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Insta post : PIC
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Kinda sorta : ISH
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Sister of Helios : EOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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